Splice-bar.



No. 886,158. PATENTED APR. 28, 1908. v

G. A. SANTA. SPLICE BAR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.26,.1907.

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specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April as, 1908.

application filed rl'ovember 26, 19 07. Seriai'No. 403,881.

T 0 all whom it may soar-em:

1 Be it known that l, Gus'r A. SANTA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vin ginia, in the county of St. Louis and State of Minnesota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Splice-Bars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to splice bars and the object of the invention to provide a device of this character for oonnecting the meeting ends of rails so as to prevent sinking, spreading or endwise separation of the rails.

To these ends the invention resides in the novel construction of parts and their an rangement in operative combination hereinafter fully described and claimed. J

In the drawing, l?" ure 1 is'a cross sectional view of a rail myinvention in posi- Fig. 2 is a detail view of the base plate employed in my invention, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the fish plates.

In the drawing the numeral 1 designates a railway rail of the usual construction having the head 2, web 3 and base flanges The base plate 5 of my impr' ved splice bar comprises flat body having a pair of upwardly extending and his .rdly inclined equaling that of the base of the rail 1. The outer ends of the base plate 5 are prov' with an upwardly extending fiange'S s aced at a suitable distance from the ribs 7 and having their longitudinal ends cut away to provide an even surface upon the lplate 5, and this surface is provided -w the vertical slot-s or grooves for the reception of suitable spikes by which the is secured upon the ties of the rail.

The fish plates employed with my inven tion are of the usual shape having the vertical portion 9, prov ded with suitable o enings 10 for the reception of retaining e ements, and with the angular base portion 11, having its under-surface provided near its edge with the longitudinally extending inwardly inclined slot or channel 12. The outer edge or" the base portion '11 is also beveled to an angle approximately equal to that of the walls of the channel 12 provided Within the under surface of the base portion of the fish late, and the channel 12 is of a height equa ing that of the rib 7 of the base plate 5.

- In assembling my improved splice bar the base plate 5 is placed upon the ties of the rail and one or" the fish plates placed in position upon the base. The inclined'channel 12 of the base portion of the lien plate is inserted upon the ribs 7 of the base plates and the outer beveled end of the fish plate engages with the 'llange 8 of the base plate. Spikes are then inserted within the slots or grooves provided upon the edges of the base v late to efie'ctively prevent the lateral and ongitudinal movement of the base plate and fish plates and to securely retain the plates in locked position with each other. This oper' ation is repeated in placing the other fish plate in position upon the opposite side of the base plate, and the rail is then slid upon the base plate and between the fish plates, the base of the rail occupying a position between the ribs 7 of the base-plate. The bolts or retaining elements are now inserted within the o enings 10 of the vertical walls of the fish p ates and throughcorresponding openings provided within the web 3 of the rail, and the rail and fish plates efi'ectively secured together. a

From the above description-"it will be seen that l have provided a simple and effective means for preventing the sinking, spreading or endwise separation. of the meeting ends of a air of rails.

'le 1 have described the referred embodiment of the device, minor etails may be resorted to without departing from or sacrificing any of the advantages of myinvention.

7 Having thus fully described the invention what is claimed as new is:

1. A s lice bar for rail joints comprising a base p ate having longitudinal ribs upon the body portion of the base plate and flanges upon the ends of the base plate,.and angle fish plates having a longitudinal channel and an inclined edge, the edge of the fish plate adapted to engage with the flange of the base plate and the longitudinal channel provided Within the fish plate adapted to engage upon the ribs of the base plate, and means for preventing longitudinal movement of the fish plates and the base plate.

2. In a splice bar for railway rails, a base plate having ribs, andpfianges upon its ends spaced from theribs, of fish plates having a c annel adapted to engage the ribs'and bev eled edges adapted to engage the flanges of the base plate, and means for preventing lon itudinal displacement of the fish plates an the base plate.

3. In combination with the meeting ends of a pair of railway rails, of a base plate having upwardly" rejecting inwardly inclined ribs engaging t e edges of the base of the rail, and having upwardly inclined flan es upon their edges, and a pair of angle p' ates, the vertical Walls of the fish plates enga 'ing the Web of the rail and the baseof the fish plates being provided with longitudinally inclined grooves and a beveled edge, the groove of the fish plates adapted for engagement with the ribs of the base plate and the inclined edges of the fish plates ada ted I h and rail together.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses. v

GUST A. SANTA. Witnesses:

ALBERT E. BIoKFoRD, CORA HELSTROM. 

